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Letters Patent No. 79,703, dotad July 7,1868.

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Be it known that I, GEORGE E. STEWART, of East Saginaw, in the county ofSaginaw, State of Michigan, have invented a new and improvcd`Corn-I-Iusker or guard for the protection of the handsin husking corn,which also facilitates the breaking of the ear from the stalk; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full and exact descriptionthereof, reference being had ,to the accompaning drawings, and to 'theletters of reference marked ther'eon, making a part of thisspeeifieation. i I

My invention relates to an improved device for protecting the hand inbreaking an car of corn from lits stalk, and it consists in two plates,having each a sharp edge, pivoted together at one end,,and applied tothe hand by suitable means. i

It is well known that in breaking an eer of corn from its stalk,preparatory to husking, the stem of the earis grasped by one hand, Whilewith the other the car is broken from the stalk. Experience has proyedthat the hand which grasps the stalk, and `over which the car is broken,is liablc to become tender and sore. To prevent this injury to thehandis the object of my invention.

In the drawings i Figure 1 is aperspective view of myinvention appliedto the human hand, showing the top of the protectingplates, the handbeing closed. i

Figure 2 is a perspective view of -the palm of the open hand, showingthe method of fastening the plates.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.` i

A and B represent two metallic plates, of the form shown in fig. 1, andpivotcd together at their inner ends, C. The plate A is applied to theiipper side of the thnmb, and the plate to the upper side of the firstor index-finger. The letter plate is provided upon its edge, next themiddle'fingcr of the hand, with a curved projection or. hook, D, fittingorer the index'finger, and upon its under side is formed or attached aeurved metallic strip, G, extcnding partially across the palm of thehand. 7

w The plate B is seeured to the index-finger by a leather or otherfleible strap, F, attachcd at one endjo N the plate G, and passing overthe knuckles of the hand, alfixed to the outer edge of the plate asshown.

The plate A is attached to the thumb by'a similar strop, E, passing fromthe outer cdgewof the plate'around the thumb to a curved strip, Lformcdupon the under side of said plate. By means of these attachments theplates open and close with corresponding moveinents of the hand withoutdiifieulty.

In breaking an car of corn from the stalk, the hand armed with myimproved protection-plates grasps the stcm firmly just below the car.The latteris then bentover and broken off by the other hand, the sharpedges of the plates A B greatly facilitating the breakage of the same.

w The prineipal advantage derived from the use of my improved deviceconsists iu the protection which it affords the hand in gathcring cornfrom the'stnlks. t

Having thus `dcscribed my invcntion, what I claim ns new, and dcsire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The protccting-deviee dcscribed, consistin'g of the pivotcd metallicplates A B, sccured to the index-finger and thnm'b of the n'earcr bymeans of the curved strips D G I, and straps E F, all constructcd andOperating as herein'descnibed, for` the purposc spccilied.

GEORGE E. STEWART.

Witnesscs:

WM. L. Warren, AFRED W. Nisw'rox.

